Carcass scraping and polishing mechanism.



I, W; KOHLHEPP.

CARCASS SCRAI ING AND POLISHING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, I9IZ- 1157 573, meme 11, mm

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CAHQASS SCRAPENG. AND POLfSHlNG MECHA *ISM.

APPUCATSGH HLEO MAY9,1912.

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GARGASS SCRAPING AND POLISHING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAYQ, I912. 1

Patented Jan. 11, I916.

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CARCASS SCRAHNG AND POLiSHlNG MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, m2.

BLJG'EQME Patented Jan. 11,

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W. KOHLHEPP.

CARCASS SCRAPI AND POLlSHlNG MECHANISM.

APPLICATION HLED MAY9. \912.

' Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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. 60 able bearing plate 19, is secured on the topdesired, or hinged to open outwardly) is secured to close the front end of said upper frame. Any suitable closing means may be p provided at the rear end or place of exit for the carcasses. For this purpose, a curtain may be employed, if desired.

Journaled near the bottom of the scald-.

ing tub, is an idle shaft 6, having sprocket wheels 8, secured thereon near each of the side, walls, and jo-urnaled at the rear end of the tub and above the top of the tub on said frame, is a driving shaft 7, also pro-- gaged at their upper ends near the upper or driving shafts 7 and provided with a hand wheel, and at their lower ends'have threaded engagement, as'shown in, Figs. 3 and 4,'with, a suitable nut'12, secured on a f bracket 13, engaged at the respective ends of the lower shaft. Said adjusting rodsare journaled at intervals in their length, in transverse beams 14, which extend transversely of the scaldin tub, and extending over the same and affording a continuous smooth floor for the conveyer, is a deck of sheet metalor other suitable material, in-

dicated by 15. This, as shown, extends for substantially the entire width of the scald- ,ing tub and at its lower end extends over the shaft 6, and at its upper end 16, as indicated' in, Fig. 9, is curved over the shaft 40 to deliver the carcasses clear, therefrom. Rigidly secured on the laterally disposed sprocket chains 9, to slide over said deck 15, are transverse bars orlags 17, arranged at suitable intervalsapart and of a sufiicient size to engage and draw. the carcasses upwardly over the deck. Said deck 15, at a point intermediate its ends, is sprung upwardly to affordaconvexly curved portion extending above the normal plane of the conveyor, and, as shown, a guide rail 18, is secured to the walls of the scalding tub, shaped on its upper surface to conform to, and parallel thedeck 15, though slightly below thesame, and. having secured at the inne'r' edge of each a longitudinal bar or beam 20, upon which the deck is secured, as shown in Fig, 7, and the upper edge of which conforms 'tothe required shapetherefor. As shown a metal or other'suitof the way or guide 18, upon which the rollers 10 track, and engaged to the side walls of the tub to afford an upper guide or way for said rollers, isan angle bar 21,

66 which also, of course, is shaped to conform to the surface of the deck, as shown" in Figs. 3 and 4.

J ournaled transversely the machine above I vas belting having'suitable thickness and width, provided on the outer end thereof with curved blades 25, as shown in Fig. 3, the curvature of which is directed toward the rotation of said shafts, so that the edges of said curved blades or plates act to strike and beat or scrape the carcass. The length of said beaters is such as to just clear the' conveyor, as shown in Fig. 3, and for the heaters on the one shaft to clear the heaters on the other during the rotation thereof.

Also, as shown, the position of the lower shaft is such that the beatersthereon dip into the water in the scalding tub to dash .the wa ter'inwardly and upwardly on the ,conveyer asthe beater shaft revolves Journaled also transversely themachineand above the lower beater shaft 23, is a driving shaft 26. Secured on said driving shaft are tight and loose pulleys 27 and 28',

respectively- Also secured thereon adjacent the tight pulley is a sprocket'wheel 29, corresponding with the sprocket wheel 30, 'secured on the upper conveyer shaft .7, and

trained about the same is a sprocket chain 31, whereby the drive of the same is effected by the main driving shaft 7. A sprocket wheel 32, also is secured on the opposite end of the main driving shaft 26, and likewise a sprocket Wheel 33, and 34:, are secured onthe respective beater shafts. An idle sprocket Wheel 35, is secured upon a suitable stud shaft below the beater shaft 23.

Any suitable clutch 36, may be provided upon the upper or rear beater shaft to .en gage the sprocket Wheel 33, rigidly thereto to drive the shaft from the sprocket wheel or disengage such sprocket wheel from the shaft to permit the shaft to come to rest,

and a suitablelever37, which extends to the operating position beside the scalding tub, is provided to operate the clutch to start and stop the upper beater shaft.

" Trained about the various sprocket wheels on said driving shaft and on the beater shafts onsaid idle sprocket wheel 35, is'a sprocket. chain 38. This, as shown, is

trained over the sprocket wheel 32, on the drivingshaft and beneath and around the idle sprocket wheel 35, thence forwardly and over the sprocket wheel 34:, on the lower beater shaft, thence rearwardly' beneath, around and over the sprocket wheel 33, on

the clutch'member for the upper beater shaft, so that'the beater shafts are thereby rotated oppositely with the heaters at the field of the heaters, and the simple means illustrated is intended merely as illustrative of the preferred construction for the pur-.

pose, the object being to afford a device whereby small carcasses may be treated as efiiciently as larger ones.

Of course, inasmuch as the heaters for the first or lower beater shaft dip slightly into the Water in the scalding tab, it follows that the carcasses are at all times sprayed with the water at exactly the proper temperature for'hest work, and, inasmuch as the dehairing. mechanism is mounted upon the scalding tank, the carcasses during the entire operation are subjected to the scalding temperature and are never permitted to cool and set the hair and bristles, as in the instance of those machines whene the carcasses must be removed from the scalding tub and-trans ported "to a separate and distinct machine.

Preferably, a spray pipe 52, isconnected 'to spray the carcasses when operated upon by the-second pair of heaters, and clean hot water is delivered therethrough to the carcasses tothoroughly'wash the same. Such spray pipe may also e employed with the twoshaft machine, if desired. his not necessary or essential, however, to the proper cleaning and polishing of the carcasses, and maybe dispensed with where but a single pair of heater shafts areemployed.

Of course, I am aware that various details of the construction maybe varied. I therefore do not purpose limiting-the patent 40 \to belgranted on this application otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention: a: 1. r kcscalding tub, .a carcass clehairing and po'lishing machine mounted thereon to receive the carcass directly therefrom and'to dehair and polish the carcasses, said ma chine comprising dehairing mechanism, and

means projecting the carcasses beyond normal into close relation with said mechanism of the water therein,

of a dehairing and polishing machine mounted thereon to dehair and polish the ca casses before removal from the tub, de-

ring mechanism, a part of the dehairing 1n\ ;hanism acting while cleaning the.carcasses to continuously dash the hot water over the carcasses, and mechanism abnormally elevating the same into close relation with said dehairing mechanism.

, A device of the class described embrac ing a scalding tub'and a dehairing machine mounted on one end thereof and acting to eadehair and clean the carc'assets while sub.-

In this way the operation is while subjected to the scalding temperature,

ing the. carcasses relative the field of said dehairing mechanism as the carcass moves past the same. v y

4. A device of the class described embracing a scalding tub, a dehairing machine mounted thereon to receive the carcassesimmediately therefrom while subjected to the heat of the water'in the tub and em- 7 bracing in part an inclined conveyer and a pair of oppositely rotating beater shafts act' ing above the conveyer to strike and'retain';

the carcasses therehetween, and a raised portion at each side of the conveyor adapted to' elevate the heads and hams of the animals Y to be cleaned into the field of operation 0 1' ,the scraping mechanism.

A carcass dehairing and polishing machine adapted for close association; with a.

scalding tub, embracing a pair of rotative beater shafts, heaters thereon, the-one strik ing upwardly and inwardly of the\ machine, the other striking downward-1y and inwardly therefrom, a conveyer for moving the carcasses freely to the heaters on said shafts and acting together with said heaters to continuously rotate thesame whilein the field of operation of the heaters, a raised portion of the conveyor intermediate the heaters adapted to elevate and support the carcasses while operated. on thereby, and means for passing theearcassespast the up-' per beater shaft and to a place of discharge.

6. In a device of the class described the scalding tub,an inclined conveyer extending thereinto to deliver the carcasses therefrom,

lower and upper pairs of heater shafts, each comprising a heater shaft having heaters thereon, those on the lower striking npwardly and inwardly, those on the upper striking downwardly and opposite to the direction of travel ofv the upper run 'ofthe 'conveyer, mechanism for throwingthe upper heater shaft of each pair out of driving relation to permit the-carcasses to move therepast on the conveyer, and means delivering a spray of hot clean water on said carcasses while operated by one or both pairs of heater shafts.

I 7 In a machine of the class described an i inclined conveyer, a plurality of pairs of oppositely rotating beater shaftsjournalcd above the same, heaters thereon, means for driving the, shafts. of each palr oppositely for th s-"heaters on the lower of each pair to strike upwardly and inwardly'fin the directionj'of travel of the upperrrrn of the conveye'nand the'upper to strike downwardly and "oppositely from said direction of travel of the convever, means supporting the car-. casscs' abov e'" thenormal plane of the con-. veyer while operated upon by the respective heaters, mechanism throwing the upper movable supporting means for *the carcass partially submerged therein, and elevated out of normal at certain' points, and beaters arranged thereabove and adapted to maintain a rotating carcass at said points of elevation on said supporting means.

27. In a device of the class described a conveyer, a track for said'conveyer adapted to elevate the same at a plurality of points in its path, and beating mechanism mounted at points intermediate said points of elevation ofsaid conveyer acting to dehair a carcass on said conveyer.

28. In a device of the "class described a conveyer adapted to carry carcasses,-said conveyer elevated at a plurality of points in its path, and dehairing mechanisms mounted intermediatethe points of eleva tion of said conveyer and acting on the carcass supported thereon. v

29. In a device of the class described a conveyer having a tortuouspath, and dehairing mechanisms adapted to act on a carcass on said conveyer.

-30. In a device of the class described a conveyer having a tortuous path, and a plurality of movable dehairing mechanisms adapted to act said conveyer.

31.In a device of the class described a conveyer having a tortr us path, and a pluon the carcasses carried on rality. of dehairing mechanisms mounted conveyer having a tortuous path, and mov-.

able dehairing mechanisms mountedv above said conveyer'and'adapted to act on carcasses carried thereon.

33. In a device of the class described a conveyer having, a tortuous path, a plurality of dehairing mechanisms adapted to act on a carcass carried on said'conveyer,

and means throwing certain of said dehairmg mechanisms out of operation to conveyer having a tortuous path, a plurality of movable dehairing mechanisms mounted thereabove adapted to act on a carcass on said conveyer and retain the carcass temporarily in a certainposition thereon, and, mechanisms throwing certain of said dehairing mechanisms out of operation.

permit f .5 the passage of a carcass carried on said conveyer. I

34. In a'device of the class described? 

